How is your mindfulness?: Data on qualitative interpretations of the meaning of mindfulness.
Data in brief July 6, 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104232 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Survey Qualitative Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 247 |
| Population | Adults from 35 countries/regions who completed an online questionnaire |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Adults Interpretation Wellbeing Mental skills |
| Key findings | The project collected open-ended interpretations of mindfulness and self-described mindfulness skills, plus single-item ratings of mindfulness skill, self-esteem, and life satisfaction, from 247 adults across 35 countries/regions. The authors present the dataset as an initial qualitative and quantitative record of how people in different places interpret mindfulness, intended as a resource for further research; no results from the data are reported. |
Abstract
Despite the growing interest in mindfulness over the last two decades, what mindfulness means to people can be different due to diversity in personal experience, social, and cultural background. To gain some insights on what mindfulness means to different people in different countries/regions, a research project entitled "How is your mindfulness" was conducted in early 2019. 247 adults from 35 countries/regions provided valid responses to an online questionnaire. Primarily, the questionnaire solicited open-ended responses about participants' interpretation of mindfulness and descriptions of their own their mindfulness skills. Participants also rated their mindfulness skill, self-esteem, and life satisfaction through single-item scales. Availability of the open-ended responses is valuable for researchers interested in further understanding mindfulness from a qualitative angle. The availability of data from single-item measures of mindfulness skills, self-esteem and life esteem also provides a quantitative dimension to this issue. Taken together, the current data set provides an initial record of how different people are interpreting mindfulness, and could be further developed to advance mindfulness research.
Comparable studies
Other cross-sectional and survey studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construct Validity of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Meditating and Nonmeditating Samples Experienced meditators and nonmeditating comparison groups | 2008 | Cross-sectional study | |
| Neural Correlates of Dispositional Mindfulness During Affect Labeling Adult participants | 2007 | Observational cross-sectional | n = 27 |
| Assessing mindfulness in children and adolescents: Development and validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). School-aged children and adolescents | 2011 | Cross-sectional validation study | n = 1,413 |
| Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of psychological wellbeing in long-term meditators and matched nonmeditators Experienced meditators and demographically matched nonmeditators | 2012 | Cross-sectional study | n = 152 |
| Mechanisms of Action in the Inverse Relationship Between Mindfulness and Psychological Distress Undergraduates | 2008 | Cross-sectional, correlational |